Re: [RFC] ASoC: core: Allow DAI links to be specified by using ACPI names

[Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On 10/03/2013 04:37 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 03:33:56PM +0300, Jarkko Nikula wrote:
>
>> For instance, matchine drivers could specify codec in DAI link by using:
>> 	.codec_name = "INT33CA:00",
>> instead of
>> 	.codec_name = "rt5640.0-001c",
>> Note that ACPI name is used just an alias during bind time and core
>> continues to use device name. In fact, machine drivers could use either
>> names.
> This is making me wonder if we shouldn't be taking the stable names we
> get from ACPI as the dev_name() instead of our internal ones on ACPI
> systems (and possibly something similar on DT) rather than adding custom
> code like this.
This is actually somewhat confusing issue. I think it's relatively easy 
to switch using ACPI names within ASoC core (by modifying 
fmt_single_name or something like that).

Problem is that for ACPI enumerated client devices the dev_name(dev) 
still comes from those subsystems as before. So for instance dev_ prints 
in codec driver or ASoC core keeps printing "rt5640 0-001c:" as before 
and I personally find it a bit more confusing if internal ASoC names 
don't match as easily with dev_ prints.

But yes, I agree. This alias name in DAI link is not that clear either 
as it exists only during bind time.

-- 
Jarkko